News Digest 6/9/2008

Garden State Legislators Approve Enforcement, Ratemaking Bills The New Jersey Senate Labor Committee approves four measures intended to shore up the state’s workers’ compensation system by giving judges more enforcement … Read More »

News Digest 4/2/2008

Investigators Target Bay Area Pallet Manufacturers Earlier this month, California’s Economic Employment Enforcement Coalition investigators issued 49 citations for safety and labor violations, with fines totaling more than $567,000, in … Read More »

News Digest 3/31/2008

State Puts the Screws to Sacramento Nail Salons In recent sweeps of 17 beauty and nail salons in Sacramento, the state Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement issues 16 citations … Read More »

News Digest 3/24/2008

Expert Alerts North Bay Employers to Crackdown on Illegal Workers Immigration enforcement is picking up in pockets of the nation, and North Bay companies should redouble employee documentation efforts, an … Read More »

News Digest 2/26/2008

Patronage-Rich Philly Parking Authority Racks Up Comp Charges Surprisingly, Philadelphia parking enforcement workers have been injured on the job more than twice as often as city firefighters or police officers … Read More »

News Digest 2/26/2008(2)

Patronage-Rich Philly Parking Authority Racks Up Comp Charges Surprisingly, Philadelphia parking enforcement workers have been injured on the job more than twice as often as city firefighters or police officers … Read More »

Utilization Review Take Effect, Penalties Loom

California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation announced yesterday that its utilization review enforcement regulations have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law. The move clears the way for the DWC to start a new line of audits in September with the authority to assess a maximum $50,000 penalty on claims-adjusting locations that fail to file … Read More »

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News Digest 12/21/2006

Controversy Surrounds Proposed UR Enforcement Regs Payors are shaking their heads over DWCs latest proposed utilization review enforcement regulations. Find out what the problems are, what regs the applicants’ attorneys … Read More »